A friend of mine in California, a plumber, was popular with Targets and WalMart in the area. Frequently, the disc would get stolen and the packaging would be stuffed into a toilet (they never think to put it in the tank, trust me.).

Things have slowed down a bit now that there are rental systems in place.

Another friend has started complaining about a trend in PC games where all you get is a pretty box and a keycode. He has a slow DSL connection and it took him a while to download the whole thing.

On the other hand, I spent $13,000 on a cad program (Cadence Allegro) two years ago. All I got was a USB dongle with my invoice.